Red River Reformed

The Ten Commandments: Episode Four In the second season of Red River Reformed, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we discuss the second commandment, which protects the right worship of God by forbidding the worship of images that represent God or an...

The Ten Commandments: Episode Three In the second season of Red River Reformed, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we discuss the first commandment, which requires us to worship the one true God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength and to...

The Ten Commandments: Episode Two Welcome to the second season of Red River Reformed! In this season, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we finish introducing the Ten Commandments by discussing the different types of Law in Scripture and the ways th...

The Ten Commandments: Episode One Welcome to the second season of Red River Reformed! In this season, we will be discussing the Ten Commandments through the lens of their original meaning, their fulfilment in the New Testament, and their ongoing application for us today. In this episode we begin introducing the Ten Commandments by discussing the nature of God's Law in the biblical story and its re...

We decided to wrap up Season One of Red River Reformed by discussing some fantastic listener questions. Season Two of Red River Reformed will focus on the Ten Commandments. Make sure to subscribe so that you get notified when we begin posting new episodes. Here are the questions we discuss in this episode: What does it mean when we say God “condescends”? How does The Fall impact the dominion we ar...

Doctrine of Creation: Episode Eight On this episode we discuss the Sabbath as the culmination of the biblical creation narrative, the purpose of the Sabbath within the creation order, and the ongoing significance of the Sabbath for our life and witness as Christians and as the Church. Here are some questions we discuss: What is the Sabbath? How does the Sabbath help us understand and live in time...

On this after hours episode, we have a little fun. Nic curated a list of 20 theologians from various Christian traditions for Will and Jerome to sort into a trendy-tier list from "S" to "F" and everything in between. This is one of the first episodes we recorded together. We hope you have some laughs while learning something about the history of Christian theology and its theol...

Doctrine of Creation: Episode Seven On this episode we discuss God's providence, his work of sustaining and governing all things in creation. Here are some questions we discuss: How does God relate to creation? Does God continue to actively work in the world that he has made? Why is this question important? Why does God care about the details of our lives? What is the doctrine of God's providence?...

Doctrine of Creation: Episode Six On this episode we discuss a Christian understand of art that is grounded in a biblical understanding of creation. Here are some questions we discuss: Why should Christians care about art? How does God use beauty to teach and form us? What makes a work of art objectively beautiful? How can the Church reclaim the pursuit of excellence in art that glorifies God? How...

After hours is the time that we take a break from our series to chat about something we find interesting. In this After Hours episode, we talk about the doctrine of creation in the literature of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, particularly Tolkien's Legendarium, including the Silmarillion and Lord of the Rings, and the Chronicles of Narnia. If you have not read these books before, what are you...

Doctrine of Creation: Episode Five We continue our series on the doctrine of creation by discussing the theme of sub-creation. This is how we, as human beings, participate in God's creative work by shaping and forming what God has made in a way that ennobles creation by drawing out greater truth, goodness, and beauty to the glory of God. Here are some questions we discuss: What is sub-creation? Wh...

Doctrine of Creation: Episode Four We continue our series on the doctrine of creation by discussing the essence of the image of God, the history of how the image of God has been interpreted in the Church, the vocation of humanity as God's image bearers in creation, and the ethical implications of the universal image of God in humanity. Here are some questions we discuss: What is the essence of the...

After hours is the time that we take a break from our series to chat about something we find interesting. In this After Hours episode, we talk about the Apostles' Creed. In this broad conversation we discuss: What is the Apostles' Creed? What is the strength of creedal Christianity in comparison to contemporary biblicism? What is the relationship between the creed and Scripture? Are creeds...

Doctrine of Creation: Episode Three We continue our series on the doctrine of creation by discussing the inherent goodness of creation, the ways that sin corrupts this goodness, and the implications of this for our life and faith. Here are some questions we discuss: As biblical Christians, how should we view the material world as God's creation? Why does the creation narrative in Genesis repeat Go...

Doctrine of Creation: Episode Two We continue our series on the doctrine of creation by discussing where we see the related themes of forming and filling in the biblical creation account. We also discuss how the categories of forming and filling help us to understand and live out our God-given work and vocation as human beings. Here are some questions we discuss: How do the categories of forming a...

Doctrine of Creation: Episode One We begin our series on the doctrine of creation by considering what the biblical creation account reveals about God and why this is foundational for the rest of Christian theology and the redemptive story of Scripture. We also discuss how the doctrine of the Trinity–the truth that God has eternally existed as one being in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spiri...